The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen

  The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James

This book is based on the premise that letters and journals of Jane Austen and her family are found in an attic.   Piecing them together, along with what's known about Austen and many of the questions that remain unanswered about her life and her writing James tells a fascinating story.  What if Jane Austen fell in love? What if she had her own Mr. Darcy? What if she really did know about love and passion? 

I'm sure this will sound strange, but I put this book in a category with Christopher Moore's Lamb.  I'd like this to be Jane Austen's story. This is the way I want to think of her life.  Since no one knows for sure, why can't this be the version of her life that I believe in?  Lamb tells a fictionalized story of Jesus during those 20 or 30 years that are left out in the bible.  I want this to be what Jesus was like.  And, in the same vein, I'd like to think that Jane Austen met a man and fell in love and let her experiences color her work. 

Here is a combination of fact, fiction, conjecture, all leading to a really enjoyable story.  I didn't know what to expect from this one and I was very pleasantly surprised.

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